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RECORD FILE Filed Aug, 25, 1958 nme-o WPA TTERsoN INVENTOR.

fram/5yd United States Patent() 2,948,402 REcoRD FILE v Jared W.Patterson, 1689 Kaweah Drive, vIrasadena, Calif.

Filed Aug. 25, '1958, Ser. No. 756,835 'I6 claims (cl. r11-4o) Thisinvention has to do generally with record or tiling holders of the typecomprising a frame structure accommodating a series of tilingcompartments or pockets so arranged and contained within the framestructure as to afford open and convenient access to the material filedin the individual pockets. The invention has been developed particularlyas a iile and holder for enveloped phonograph records, and will bedescribed with reference to a preferred embodiment of the invention sodesigned.

My general object is to provide an improved tile for openly andconveniently accessible records, characterized by `the practicaladvantages of extreme simplicity and low cost of manufacture, thecapacity of the structure in relation to its over-all size toaccommodate a large number of records, and the suitability of theinvention for use as a record le for private use in the home, or forpublic display and selling purposes as in stores.

Structurally, the invention contemplates mounting and accommodating .therecord-receiving compartments or pockets within a simplified and highlypractical form of frame structure, which may and mos-t desirably is madeof a single or continuous length of tubing shaped to provide above abase portion, a pair of horizontal and parallel supporting extentsslotted to receive a series of hangers for the individualrecord-receiving pockets, all in a manner that the hangers are freelyslidable to facilitate access to and identification of particularrecords to be selected.

In its more specific aspects, the invention contemplates forming theframe by bending a tube so that its free ends form the slottedpocket-supporting extents, the tube being bent downwardly at the rear ofthe frame to extend forwardly to form base extents paralleling theslotted lengths and which are interconnected by horizontal bends with atransverse intermediate configuration. At the rear, the frame may befurther rigidized by a transverse brace which may also be of tubularstock.

The various features and objects of the invention, as well as thedetails of a typical and preferred embodiment, will be understood morefully from the following detailed description of the accompanyingdrawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective showing of the Iile assembly;

Fig. 2 is a reduced scale plan view of Fig. 1 with the records removed;

Fig. 3 is a transverse cross section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary section on line 4-4 of Fig. 3illustrating the pocket formation in association with the hanger bars.

The le assembly comprises a frame structure generally indicated at whichpreferably is made of light weight tube stock bent as shown to form apair of upper horizontal and parallel free end extents 11 which mountthe hanger bar and le pocket assembly generally indicated at 12. Thestraight supporting extents 11 continue rearwardly to a vertical bend 13and thence for- ICC wardly to a base extent 14 which is parallel to thearm 1'1 above, lthe elevation of the latter being suicient to affordample depth for the later described pockets, above the base extents 14.The latter are interconnected by horizontal bend continuations 15 with atransverse' inter- Y mediate portion 16 to complete the base structure.The

slots 18 for reception of the slidable hanger bars 19, the

terminal end portions of which are notched upwardly at 20 to receive theslot edge 21 and present a terminal ear 22 of suicient vertical width toprevent removal from the slot 18 of the hanger in its normal illustratedposition. The hanger 19 however may readily be removed by rotating thebar into the plane of the slot 18 and swinging the bar out ofthe slot.

The record-receiving pockets 23 may be formed of any suitable flexiblesheet material such as fabric, reinforced plastic sheet and the like, soassociated with the hanger bars 19 as to form a pocket between eachsuccessive pairs of bars. Preferably the pockets are formed from acontinuous extent or ribbon of the material 24 which as best shown inFigs. 3 and 4, is doubled over the notched central portion 2S of eachhanger and sewn or otherwise adhered along seam lines 26 below the bars.Preferably, the frame 10 and pockets 23 are so proportioned in depth asto receive the record-containing jackets or envelopes 27 to a depthleaving exposed a considerable upper extent of the jackets so that theymay be readily identified and the succession of jackets easilymanipulated in the various usages of the tile. As the drawing shows, theenvelopes 27 have exposure out of their pockets of about one-half theenvelope depth, thus giving balance in relation to the bars 19 such thatthe envelopes tend to rock about the bar contacts with the frame, andthus permit selective visibility of the individual envelopes by reasonof their tilting or rocking movement, instead of having to rely solelyon bodily shifting of the individual envelopes and their pockets alongthe frame.

As will be apparent from the foregoing, the adaptability of the framestructure to be formed of tubing, and particularly a single length bentto the illustrated contiguration, together with a particular suitabilityof the arm extents 11 to serve as slotted supports for the hangers andpocket assembly, render the invention uniquely advantageous from amanufacturing standpoint as Well as practicability and convenience inuse.

I claim:

l. A record file comprising a frame including a base and a pair ofhorizontally extending parallel tubular supports having elongated slotsin their opposing sides, a succession of hangers terminally receivedwithin said s-lots for sliding movement therein, and means formingrecordreceiving pockets between and `connected to said hangers, saidframe being formed of a single pipe length extending below parallel tothe supports and also transversely of the frame at its base.

2. A record file comprising a frame formed of a tube having a pair ofspaced horizontal and substantially parallel portions from the rear ofwhich the tube is bent downwardly and then forwardly to base extentswhich parallel sai-d support and have bend. continuances with atransverse base portion, said parallel portions having elongated slotsin their opposing sides, a succession of hangers terminally receivedwithin said slots for sliding movement therein, and means formingdepending record receiving pockets between and connected to saidhangers.

3. A file according to claim 2, including also a transverse memberinterconnecting the upper rear and downwardly bent portions of theframe.

4. A iile according -to claim 2, in which the forward slotted ends ofsaid parallel portions extend beyond said. transverse base portion adistance sucient to accommodatea plurality of saidpockets.

5. A le according to claim 4, in which said hangers comprise bars.notched to slide along the tube surfacesforming they lower edges of saidslots and prevent Withdrawal of the normally positioned bars from the.slots, the bars being. so Withdrawable when rotated from their normalpositions.

6. A. le according to claim 5, in which said pockets are formed? by acontinuous length of sheetv material doubled on itself and connected tosaid bars, said pockets 15 mension of a standard phonograph recordenvelope so as to permit exposure of approximately the upper half ofsuch envelopes contained in the pockets.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS D.152,666 Williams Feb. 8, 1949 1,364,667 Williams Jan. 4, 1922 1,421,515McKnight July 4, 1922 1,530,848- Moore Mar.A 24; 19125. 1,553,565VSprague Sept. 15, 1925 FOREIGN PATENTS.

323,006 Switzerland of 1957 496,990 Great Britain of 1957

